Dongyun Wan、Chongyin Yang、Tianquan Lin 等 8 位作者2012-09-17ACS Nano
Low-temperature aluminum (Al) reduction is first introduced to reduce graphene oxide (GO) at 100-200 °C in a two-zone furnace. The melted Al metal exhibits an excellent deoxygen ability to produce well-crystallized reduced graphene oxide (RGO) papers with a low O/C ratio of 0.058 (Al-RGO), compared with 0.201 in the t…
Advancements in Battery MaterialsGraphene research and applicationsSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
Weihong Zhu、Liwen Song、Yuheng Yang 等 4 位作者2012-09-17Chemistry - A European Journal
A new photochromic bisthienylethene system (BTE-NAFc) is reported in which the ferrocene unit (Fc) is incorporated into a naphthalimide chromophore as the central ethene bridging unit. The incorporated Fc unit in the photochromic system of BTE-NAFc has several effects on optical properties, such as fluorescence-modula…
Molecular Sensors and Ion DetectionPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryPhotochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
Luca Ortolani、Emiliano Cadelano、G.P. Veronese 等 7 位作者2012-09-17Nano Letters
While the unique elastic properties of monolayer graphene have been extensively investigated, less knowledge has been developed so far on folded graphene. Nevertheless, it has been recently suggested that fold-induced curvature (without in-plane strain) could possibly affect the local chemical and electron transport p…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applicationsGraphene and Nanomaterials Applications
Zhao Liu、Jie Yang、Xiaodong Tang 等 7 位作者2012-09-17Applied Physics Letters
The magnetic and ferroelectric properties of Co-doped Bi6Fe2Ti3O18 thin films Bi6Fe2−xCoxTi3O18 (BFCTO) (0 ≤x≤ 1) are investigated. The coexistence of room-temperature ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity is observed in BFCTO thin films. The x = 0.6 sample exhibits a higher remnant magnetization Mr of 8.41 emu/cm3 and…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMultiferroics and related materialsMagneto-Optical Properties and Applications
Tom Driscoll、Jack C. Quinn、Massimiliano Di Ventra 等 8 位作者2012-09-17Physical Review B
In this work, we experimentally and theoretically explore voltage-controlled oscillations occurring in microbeams of vanadium dioxide. These oscillations are a result of the reversible insulator-to-metal phase transition in vanadium dioxide. By examining the structure of the observed oscillations in detail, we propose…
Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and SensorsAdvanced Memory and Neural ComputingTransition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
Xiaodong Pi、Li Zhang、Deren Yang2012-09-17The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Among all types of solar cells, multicrystalline silicon (Si) solar cells are the most widely produced. The enhancement of the efficiency of multicrystalline Si solar cells may help broaden the deployment of solar cells worldwide. Here we show that the efficiency of state-of-the-art commercially produced multicrystall…
Quantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesSilicon Nanostructures and PhotoluminescenceNanowire Synthesis and Applications
Lingwei Li、Michiaki Kadonaga、Dexuan Huo 等 6 位作者2012-09-17Applied Physics Letters
The magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in RNiBC (R = Er and Gd) compounds and its composite materials were investigated. A giant low field reversible MCE was observed in RNiBC compounds at 5 and 13 K for R = Er and Gd, respectively. Under a relative low field change of 2 T, the maximum values of magne…
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsInorganic Chemistry and MaterialsThermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity
Seung‐Hyun Kim、Andrew D. Hollingsworth、Stefano Sacanna 等 7 位作者2012-09-17Journal of the American Chemical Society
The preparation of anisotropic colloidal particles by a simple yet versatile temperature-controlled swelling process is described. The resulting polymeric particles feature a surface dimple, the size and shape of which were determined by the amount of oil captured in particles and the interfacial tension between the t…
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsSurfactants and Colloidal SystemsPickering emulsions and particle stabilization
Florent Cipriani、Karine Röwer、C. Landret 等 6 位作者2012-09-17Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography
The use of automated systems for crystallization and X-ray data collection is now widespread. However, these two steps are separated by the need to transfer crystals from crystallization supports to X-ray data-collection supports, which is a difficult manual operation. Here, a new approach is proposed called CrystalDi…
Force Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsEnzyme Structure and FunctionCrystallization and Solubility Studies
Bin Zhang、Lanjv Mei、Haifeng Xiao2012-09-17Applied Physics Letters
Nanoscale fracture of graphene under coupled in-plane opening and shear mechanical loading is investigated by extensive molecular dynamics simulations. Under opening-dominant loading, zigzag edge cracks grow self-similarly. Otherwise, complex stresses concentrated around crack-tip can manipulate the direction of crack…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesGraphene research and applicationsBoron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
Binghui Ge、Yumei Wang、Yuan Yao 等 4 位作者2012-09-17arXiv
For quantitative electron microscopy high precision position information is necessary so that besides an adequate resolution and sufficiently strong contrast of atoms, small width of peaks which represent atoms in structural images is needed. Size of peak is determined by point spread (PS) of instruments as well as th…
Materials Sciencecond-mat.other
L. V. Lutsev、V. V. Pavlov、P. A. Usachev 等 6 位作者2012-09-17arXiv
In the avalanche regime we observed the negative photoconductance of heterostructures of silicon dioxide films containing cobalt nanoparticles grown on gallium arsenide, SiO2(Co)/GaAs. Light irradiation with the photon energy less than the bandgap energy of the GaAs creates holes trapped on defects within the GaAs ban…
Mesoscale and Nanoscale PhysicsMaterials Science
Apiwat Wisitsorasak、Peter G. Wolynes2012-09-17Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The remarkable strength of glasses is examined using the random first order transition theory of the glass transition. The theory predicts that strength depends on elastic modulus but also on the configurational energy frozen in when the glass is prepared. The stress catalysis of cooperative rearrangements of the type…
Material Dynamics and PropertiesTheoretical and Computational PhysicsMetallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys
J. Qi、Liqin Yan、Haidong Zhou 等 8 位作者2012-09-17Applied Physics Letters
Ultrafast optical pump-probe spectroscopy is used to reveal the coexistence of coupled antiferromagnetic/ferroelectric and ferromagnetic orders in multiferroic TbMnO3 films through their time domain signatures. Our observations are explained by a theoretical model describing the coupling between reservoirs with differ…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMagnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsMultiferroics and related materials
Giuseppe Castaldi、Silvio Savoia、Vincenzo Galdi 等 5 位作者2012-09-17Physical Review B
We discuss the imaging properties of uniaxial epsilon-near-zero metamaterial slabs with possibly tilted optical axis, analyzing their subwavelength focusing properties as a function of the design parameters. We derive in closed analytical form the associated two-dimensional Green's function in terms of special cylindr…
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
Lucie De Almeida、Stephane Grandjean、Nicolas Vigier 等 4 位作者2012-09-17European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
Abstract Lanthanides are often used as surrogates to study the properties of actinide compounds. Their behaviour is considered to be quite similar as they both possess f valence electrons and are close in size and chemical properties. This study examines the potential of using two lanthanides (neodymium and cerium) as…
Radioactive element chemistry and processingNuclear Materials and PropertiesMolten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes
Xing Yan、David J. Poxson、Jaehee Cho 等 7 位作者2012-09-17Advanced Functional Materials
Abstract An optimized four‐layer tailored‐ and low‐refractive index anti‐reflection (AR) coating on an inverted metamorphic (IMM) triple‐junction solar cell device is demonstrated. Due to an excellent refractive index matching with the ambient air by using tailored‐ and low‐refractive index nanoporous SiO 2 layers and…
Thin-Film Transistor TechnologiesOptical Coatings and Gratingssolar cell performance optimization
Anatoly I. Frenkel、José A. Rodríguez、Jingguang G. Chen2012-09-17ACS Catalysis
Most industrial catalysts are complex materials that usually operate at elevated pressures and temperatures. Pressure, materials, instrument, and complexity gaps are obstacles toward understanding how catalysts work and how to rationally design new catalysts. In this article, we examine existing and emerging approache…
Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceCatalysis and Oxidation ReactionsMachine Learning in Materials Science
Marta Martínez‐Sanz、Amparo López‐Rubio、José M. Lagarón2012-09-17Biomacromolecules
In the present study, property-enhanced polylactide (PLA) nanocomposites containing bacterial cellulose nanowhiskers (BCNW) were prepared by melt compounding. With the aim of improving the nanocrystals' dispersion in the final melt processed nanocomposites, these were preincorporated either into PLA nanostructured fib…
Advanced Cellulose Research Studiesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
Guru Khalsa、A. H. MacDonald2012-09-17Physical Review B
We present a theory of the quasi-two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) systems that appear near the surface of SrTiO${}_{3}$ when a large external electric field attracts carriers to the surface. We find that nonlinear and nonlocal screening by the strongly polarizable SrTiO${}_{3}$ lattice plays an essential role in de…
Semiconductor materials and devicesAdvanced X-ray and CT ImagingElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides